1921 — 1922

40568

LETTER TO M. V. FRUNZE
May 18, 1921

The harvest in the south is excellent.

Now the principal question of all Soviet power, a question of life 
and death for us,—is to collect 200—300 million poods from Ukraine.

For this the main thing is salt. Seize everything, surround all sites 
of extraction with triple cordons of troops, let not a pound pass through, 
do not allow it to be stolen.

This is a question of life and death.

Organize it in military fashion. Appoint precisely responsible 
persons for each operation. Send me their list (all through Glavsol'). 
You—are the commander-in-chief of salt.

You are responsible for everything.

Chairman of the Council of Labor and Defense
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

Printed from the original 
signed by V. I. Lenin.

2608

TELEGRAM TO THE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE'S COMMISSARIAT OF FOOD
Rostov-on-Don
May 21, 1921

According to the information received, the food situation of the 
XI Army is catastrophic, threatening collapse. We propose that you 
pay the most careful attention 
to the provisioning of the 
Army, taking all measures available on your part, if possible not at 
the expense of fulfilling the directives of the center.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
Lenin

Printed from the 
original signed 
by V. I. Lenin.

LENIN COLLECTION
2619

TELEGRAM TO ALL GUBERNIA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES AND GUBERNIA FOOD COMMITTEES, SIBREVKOM, TURKOMPROD, BUKHREVKOM
May 28, 1921

The grave food situation must affect the nutrition of the Red Army least of all, which at present has already been reduced considerably in its numbers and will be continuously diminished to the established strength. The fulfillment of the requisition quota, the transition to the food tax, the general food situation of the country do not give the center confidence to provision the Red Army units sufficiently with necessary food supplies, but the Army must not suffer from hunger. Therefore all local organs—first and foremost the gubernia executive committees—must devote the utmost attention to the provisioning of the Army, coming to its aid with all means at their disposal. The gubernia food committees undertake to satisfy the needs of the Army first and foremost through commodity exchange, within the limits of the directives issued by the center. The grave food situation, aggravated by the transition from the requisition quota to the food tax, must affect the Army least of all. This task for the gubernia executive committees becomes a shock task for the present transition period.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars and Chairman of the Council of Labor and Defense
Lenin

Printed from the 
original signed 
by V. I. Lenin.

2638

TELEGRAM TO THE CHAIRMEN OF GUBERNIA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES
June 4, 1921

In recent times there have been discovered in individual gubernias 
the issuance by local gubernia executive committees, and sometimes 
by gubernia committees, of resolutions which fundamentally violate 
the directives of the center and alter the established plans of state 
provisioning by the center, which unquestionably introduces disorganization